Hi June, welcome to the list and I'd say as one member to another this is an
entirely appropriate issue for this forum.
I made the transition from an iPhone to a Google Pixel3 in early 2019. I went
for the Pixel because it is manufactured by Google and in trials I had in shops
and with other people's Android based phones I found that the more additional
software installed by manufacturers the less reliable Talkback became. Talkback
is the Android equivalent of Voice Over. Later in 2019 I had the opportunity to
have a play with a Samsun phone using Voice Assistant (Samsung's alternative to
Talkback). This just confirmed my experience.
I've recently upgraded to a Google Pixel 5 and remain happy with my choice to
leave iOS behind. In simple terms I am able to make and receive calls, send and
read messages, use WhatsApp, read emails, use the Audible App, Google
Chrome/Firefox, monitor my bank accounts using the App, use PayPal, in-fact
everything I did with my iPhone I can do with the Pixel.
There is a learning curve, as you'd imagine, when you first make the
transition, but with patience it is perfectly manageable. The one thing I
really missed was Seeing AI because of it's ability to do immediate scanning,
particularly useful for products, but now there's Google's LookOut which does
the same thing and works really well.
Just out of interest what iPhone do you currently have and have you considered
moving to a later version? The most recent SE version seems to have gone down
very well. I left IOS partly in order to remove iTunes (a totally hateful
program on Windows) and because I wanted to keep a fingerprint sensor rather
than be forced to use Face Recognition.
Yusuf
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of June Horne
Sent: 26 November 2020 11:40
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] android phone versus iphone
Good morning everyone. It's the first time I have posted to the group, so
please excuse me if my question isn't appropriate for this forum. I am
experiencing increasing problems with my iphone. As each update to the IOS
comes in, something else changes, and I feel I need to put in a bill for system
maintenance! Only joking, of course. But Apple do seem to be a law unto
themselves. I have seriously considered upgrading to an android phone, but as I
am totally dependent on Voiceover, I was wondering if anyone here had any
particular recommendations, or indeed suggestions about what to avoid. Thanks
for listening.
June
